

The language, the style of conversation presented in the serial and the scenes are being shared widely. Memes, jokes and discussion of the TV serial are flooding the social media.

While it is understood that for the majority of the people in India, the Ramayan serial not only has a spiritual connection, but also a deep nostalgia of the late 80s, when there was no internet, no cable TV and life was much different, but the Ramanand Sagar creation seems to have much of the 21st century born ‘millennials’ hooked too. But none of the serials matches the popularity of Ramayan. Soon the re-telecast of Mahabharat and other serials like Shaktiman and Byomokesh Bakshi was announced. As expected, the viewership of Doordarshan soared instantly. As a nationwide lockdown was announced in Indian by PM Modi from 25 March onwards, owing to popular demand, the re-telecast of the legendary TV series Ramayan was started by the state broadcaster Doordarshan.
